The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-01-19

Among the Vegetables, FrssIt, XIV
- stock and paufrry

AGHfCU LTUkAL NOTES.
Among me Vegetables. Fralt, Live
stock ana Poultry.
II takes six cords Of hard maple wood to
produce the same amount Of heat that foi =
cords Of hickory will.
Avoid top ventilation in the poultry
house. II will cause roup, swelled head
closed eyes and other difficulties 49,
The standard for 4 good COW is said 10 be
200 gallons q milk year, and of this there
should be ten per cent. Of cream.
Some dairymen save the last fourth OF
the milk from the cow in a separate vessel,
md pour it directly into cream inr
Many people complain that the skins o.
apples are thick and tough. IL Il likely
tliat the dry season was the cause.
With proper care and skill we'll sclected
flock of the right kind of sheep can be
made to pay 100 per cent. on their cost every
wear.
a Contemporary suggests that COW can
Re easily lea by o halter that commands her
nose, bnt with difficulty by i rope. around
her horns
II IS useless to hope to destroy the acidit,
ofcertain soils by the application Of lime
and other supposed correctives only drain
age win accomplish IL
In preparing food for stock, such as cook
ed vegetables, chopped feed, etc., always
season with salt Every animal Graves 1t,
and must hhye certain amount Of saline
matter ptre kintn itx.svsiem. 10 enable
il to thrive
~ limo other country in the world ars4tlie
sfeashers d the bafnyard fowls 50 reekleasly
Wasted as our own. In France no part of
he fowl is wasted, unless perhaps, it be
the intestines. The feet and heads are used
1t the cheaper restaurants to give body to
their soups, etc.
Seed corn intended for ncxt season should
be thoroughly dried or it will not answer
II perfectly dry II will endure very severe
cold, but II containing much water in it,
composition the extremely cold weather
will injure the germ. Dry il well aud
Gang it up in dry place of even tempera.
lure.
The first attempt at the improvement Of
the chrysanthemum was made in 1896 in
Jersey, one Of the ielands in the English
channel. This improver was baker by
trade, though be had q passionate fcndness
for the flower. II was called webber's
Queen, and was quite as good as kinds now
popular.
! new luxury in the vegetable line is nov
on the market. It is called the spanish
o.iariaeo nn;on. Ia ;,,,.,ss&.4 S..., CT.
varies in size from six to twelve inches, aud
inlooks closely resembles The ordinary onion.
They are sweet and can be eaten as apples
at any time with little fear OF an ofensiv,
breath.
By blowing under crop when il ID full
Of sap and water il very rapidly decays and
snriches the soil, while il IL is not powsd
until the plant has become matnred il will
have a tendency TO cure and turn into straw,
and Il will consequently take II n long while
TO sufficiently decay TO become fertilizer
and be in a condition TO be taken up by the
soil aa
The old-hshioned, sweet-scented pot
evergreen, known as daphne indica, is still
everywhere popular, though as a general
thing It is kept too warm. temperature
of from forty-fye to fifty-fve degrees is
enough for 1t. II is an admirable room plant
or for cool Conservatives. They are natives
OF China and require about the same tenn
psrature as eamellia.
In filing q box with ordinary house
plants, II IL better to have the plants in
pots, for then the box Is perfect at the COM
nencement, and win be more likely 10 re-
main SO. BY being plunged in earth they
are not liable to suffer from drought, and
win not grow SO fast as to draw mp" and
become unsightly. The plants being root
bound win be far more prolific with bloom
window box can be filled with plants
that win thrive without sunshine, and affori
vast amount of pleasure. If palms can
not be employed, small evergreens, such az
dwaE arbor yitm can be employed to good
Advantage. Ferris can be used with thess
and form beautiful combination. II .
climber /, desirable, the English ivy will
fill the plsce. For the sunny window there
are many other plants than those we have
mentioned which can be used TO good ad.
vantage. let the box be filed with Tom
Thumb nassurtiums, with tall growth at
each end to lun up the window cases, and
beautiful efest will be produced.
After using the kerosine emulsion on
plants, they sh ,uld be syringed with water,
then no harm win ensne. This treatment
viii destroy sccls insects. It ia necessary
o look the plants over afterxard and brush
away all the dead insects and make the